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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow

Employer
KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
Location
London (Greater) (GB)
Salary
The salary will be paid at £32,357 plus Mobility Allowance of £4,246 – £7,785
Closing date
10 Nov 2019

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Academic Discipline
Biological Sciences, Life sciences
Job Type
Research Related, Research Associate
Contract Type
Fixed Term
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

This PhD Studentship is funded by the EU Horizon2020 programme, focusing on “role of ALK and GSK3 in neural crest development and oncogenesis”. NEUcrest is a four-year international project studying neural crest cells, an essential stem cell population of vertebrate embryos. The project integrates academic, clinical and industrial research for a better understanding of neural crest development and related diseases. The NEUcrest network comprises 20 partners in academia, industry and hospitals from seven European countries, gathered in a synergistic effort to advance knowledge and outreach about these diseases.

This Ph.D project is multidisciplinary and includes signalling in oncogenesis and development, experimental embryology, genome editing and imaging. Successful applicant will have a first degree or Masters in biology, cell biology, genetics, molecular biology or equivalent field. 

Mobility requirement: as stipulated by the funding body, EU applicants are eligible to apply. Applicants must not have been based in the country of registration for more than 12 months in the last 3 years.

This post will be offered on fixed-term contract for 36 months. 

This is a full-time post - 100% full time equivalent.

The selection process will include a short presentation and a panel interview.

Mobility requirement: as stipulated by the funding body, EU applicants are eligible to apply. Applicants must not have been based in the country of registration for more than 12 months in the last 3 years.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Professor Karen Liu, email: karen.liu@kcl.ac.uk; phone: +44 20 7188 8035

To apply, please register with the King’s College London application portal and complete your application online.

Applications, in English, should include a detailed CV, certificates of examination grades (bachelor and master), a motivation letter describing your career goals, skills and experience and two letters of recommendation.

“The remuneration will be in line with the European Commission rules for Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant holders (Early-Stage Researchers, Initial Training Network).” 

The following was the costing at the current exchange; however, this will change depending on Euro/Sterling exchange rate

The salary will be paid at £32,357 plus Mobility Allowance of £4,246 – £7,785

Company

King's College London is one of the top 20 universities in the world and among the oldest in England. King's has more than 27,600 students (of whom nearly 10,500 are graduate students) from some 150 countries worldwide, and some 6,800 staff.

King's has an outstanding reputation for world-class teaching and cutting-edge research. In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) King’s was ranked 6th nationally in the ‘power’ ranking, which takes into account both the quality and quantity of research activity, and 7th for quality according to Times Higher Education rankings. Eighty-four per cent of research at King’s was deemed ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ (3* and 4*). The university is in the top seven UK universities for research earnings and has an overall annual income of more than £684 million.

King's has a particularly distinguished reputation in the humanities, law, the sciences (including a wide range of health areas such as psychiatry, medicine, nursing and dentistry) and social sciences including international affairs. It has played a major role in many of the advances that have shaped modern life, such as the discovery of the structure of DNA and research that led to the development of radio, television, mobile phones and radar.

King's College London and Guy's and St Thomas', King's College Hospital and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trusts are part of King's Health Partners. King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) is a pioneering global collaboration between one of the world's leading research-led universities and three of London's most successful NHS Foundation Trusts, including leading teaching hospitals and comprehensive mental health services. For more information, visit: www.kingshealthpartners.org.

King’s £600 million campaign, World questions|KING’s answers, has delivered huge global impact in areas where King’s has particular expertise. Philanthropic support has funded new research to save young lives at Evelina London Children’s Hospital; established the King’s Dickson Poon School of Law as a worldwide leader in transnational law; built a new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital; allowed unique collaboration between leading neuroscientists to fast-track new treatments for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, motor neurone disease, depression and schizophrenia at the new Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute; created the Cicely Saunders Institute: the first academic institution in the world dedicated to palliative care, and supported the King’s Sierra Leone Partnership in the Ebola crisis. Donations provide over 300 of the most promising students with scholarships and bursaries each year. More information about the campaign is available at www.kcl.ac.uk/kingsanswers.

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KINGS COLLEGE LONDON
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